Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,549, Lemuel Glover, Mass

SERVICE
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Mass
Glover, Lemuel
S 36,549
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Connecticut Roll.
✓ Lemuel Glover Capt Rose 44 Mass Sergeant
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of — eight Dollars per month, to commence on the — 31 st of March 1810
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th of Oct 1818 and sent to Pierpont Edwards Esq. Judge Bridgeport Court.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1812 — 54 1 / 30 — 41: 31 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 — 48: —
Continued 89: 31
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Massachusetts Line Vyeat Reading, Fairfield Co
[Faint mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]

District and State of Connecticut, ss.
Be It Remembered, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield in the District and State aforesaid, on this 19 th day of July 1820 the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, Lemuel Glover aged Sixty four years, resident in the Town of Reading in the County of Fairfield in said State, and being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: as a sergeant in the Regiment of Cavalry in the Connecticut line commanded by Col d Elisha Sheldon & in Capt. Nathaniel Crafts company from Feb y . 1777 to June 1783
that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a Pension, under the Act of Congress of the 18 th of March, 1818, was dated the 31 st day of March 1818 that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the List of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 4.271 And I do further solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled an act to provide for Certain persons engaged in the land and naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18 th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust, for me, any property or securities, contracts, or Debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed and I do further declare that my occupation is that of a Farmer but I have not been able to work for a number of years & some portion of the time

confined to my house - and that I have a family residing with me consisting of a Wife named Sarah fifty nine years old a feeble sickly woman unable to do any labour of consequence - all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid
Lem b Glover
Sworn to and declared in the court aforesaid. Whereupon said court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in court of opinion that the total amount in value of the property, contained in the aforesaid schedule is, thirty one dollars and 79 Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said court Attest David Burr (Clerk)

Lemuel Glover
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Lemuel Glover
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At a County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield, in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 19 th day of July 1820 the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue of the Laws of said State. Personally appeared appeared, in open Court, Lemuel Glover — a resident in the Town of Redding — in the County of Fairfield in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made solemn Oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, necessary cloathing clothing and bedding excepted, viz.
The use & improvement of 6 Acres of Land (the fee of which belongs to my wife) 2. Acres Meadow the other a Bog Swamp. worth _____ 20 00  1 Chest Drawers 4 00 1 table 1 00 10 chairs 1 25 _____ 6 25  1 Chest 50 cts Small looking glass 50 cts Dish kettle 25 cts _____ 1 25  broken Pot 8 cts frying pan 12 cts old tongs 12 cts _____ 0 32  Small Brass kettle 2 00 And. Iron 1 00 tea kettle 25 cts _____ 3 25  2 Earthen Platters 10 cts 6 Earthen Plates 12 cts Cups & Saucers 25 cts _____ 0 47  5 knives & forks 25 cts _____ 0 25  $31 79
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District of Connecticut ss
On this 31 st day of March A 1810 Lemuel Glean of Redding in said District under oath declares before Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the United States for the District of Connecticut in which district the declarant now resides for more than thirty years last past hath resided That on the 19 th day of April 1775 at the Lexington battle the declarant entered into the service of the United States (then colonies) and about the first day of May in the same year seventeen hundred and seven- ty five he regularly enlisted into said service in Captain Elijah Wose's Company Colonel John Creator's Regiment in the Massa- chusetts line on the Continental establishment for the term of eight months which he faithfully served out in Fort No 2 in Cam- bridge And at the expiration of said term he again enlisted in to the same company Regiment of line and on the same estab- lishment for the term of one year which he also faithfully served out at said Cambridge and at New York and in the Northern Army before Rebel in Canada and at Morristown in New Jersey where his term last mentioned expired And that on or about the fifteenth day of February A 1777 he again enlisted into said service in Captain Nathaniel Crafts Company and Colonel Elisha Sheldon Regiment of Light Dragoons in the Connecticut line on the Continental establishment for three years or during the war all which time he faithfully served the United States in the war of the revolution a part of the time as a private & the residue as a Sergeant (for which he received a warrant dated the first day of June A 1780 (which he now exhibits to said Judge) until the month of June A 1783 when the Declarant from said service was honourably discharged By a discharge signed by his Ex- cellency General George Washington which discharge the declarant hath by him & said out lost And the De-

District of Connecticut ss
On this 31 st day of March A D 1810 Lemuel Glover of Redding in said District under oath declares before Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the United States for the District of Connecticut in which district the declarant now resides & for more than last past thirty years, hath resided That on the 19 th day of April 1775 at the Lexington battle the declarant entered into the service of the United States (then colonies) and about the first day of May in the same year seventeen hundred and seven- ty five he regularly enlisted into said service in Captain Elijah Wose's Company Colonel John Creator's Regiment in the Mass- achusetts line on the continental establishment for the term of eight months which he faithfully served out in Fort W22 in Cam- bridge And at the expiration of said term he again enlisted in to the same company Regiment & line and on the same estab- lishment for the term of one year which he also faithfully served out at said Cambridge and at New York and in the Northern Army before Hoback in Canada and at Morristown in New Jersey where his term last mentioned expired And that on or about the fifteenth day of February A D 1777 he again enlisted into said service in Captain Nathaniel Crafts Company and Colonel Elisha Sheldon's Regiment of Light Dragoons in the Connecticut line on the continental establishment for three years or during the War all which time he faithfully served the United States in the war of the revolution a part of the time as a private & the residue as a sergeant (for which he received a warrant dated the first day of June A D 1780 (which he now exhibits to said Judge) until the month June A D 1783 when the Declarant from said service was honourably discharged by a discharge signed by his Ex- cellency General George Washington which discharge the declarant hath by time & accident lost And the De-

Declarant for then maketh oath that he now is and was since the declaration of Independence hath been a citizen of the United States And that his circum- stances in life are so reduced that he is in need of assistance from his Country for his support And the declarant for then maketh oath that the term of his said Service in said Regiment of Light Dra- goons was from the fifteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven to the beginning of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty three amounting in the whole to more than six years for which he received a certificate of honor as a budge- ment for six years faithful service in respect to his said discharge as signed by General Washington
Levi H. Glover
District of Connecticut ss March 31 st A D 1818 The aforesaid Levi Glover came before me & in my presence subscribed the aforesaid declaration & made oath that the same is true
Richard D. Lusk
District Judge of D. District

District of Connecticut.
On this 30 th day of March A.D. 1810 before me Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the United States for the District of Connecticut came Mazon John Meeker & Mr Michael Jennings both of Redding in said District and respectable citizens thereof who being duly sworn do depose & say that they are well acquainted with the aforenamed Decker and Samuel Glover and that he is and for more than thirty years last past hath been a resident citizen of the United States and that his circumstances in life are such that he is in need of assistance from his country for his support
John Meeker Michael Jennings
March 30 th A.D. 1810 Sworn before me
Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the District of Connecticut

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File No. 86, 549
Lemuel Glover
Serg Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 155
[Arrangement of 1870.]

ELISHA SHELDON, Esquire, Colonel of the Second Regiment of Light-Dragoons, raised by the United States of North-America.
To By Virtue of the Power and Authority to me given, by the Delegates from the United States in Congress assembled, I do, by these Presents, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct, do hereby appoint you the said Troop in said Regiment, you are hereby authorized and required to discharge the duty of a Sergeant, in ordering and exercising said Troop in the Service aforesaid, commanding them to obey you as their Serjeant, and yourself to observe said Orders and Instructions as you shall from time to time receive from the General or Field Officers here, according to Military Rules and Articles, and to the said Regiment, for which said Troop shall be paid according to the rates and allowances by the said Congress. Given under my Hand and Seal this Day of
Glover, Lemuel Mass. - S 36549
State of Connecticut January 17 1775  General Green of Middlesex County of Vermont and State of Connecticut July 28 1775

ELISHA SHELDON, Esquire, Colonel of the second Regiment of Light-Dragoons, raised by the United States of North-America.
To Samuel Glover Greeting.
By Virtue of the Power and Authority to me given, by the Delegates from the said States in Congress assembled, I do, by these Presents, reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct, constitute and appoint you the said Samuel Glover to be the first Serjeant in the Tenth Troop, in said Regiment; you are therefore carefully and dilligently to discharge the duty of a Serjeant, in ordering and exercising said Troop in the service aforesaid, commanding them to obey you as their Serjeant, and yourself to observe such Orders and Instructions as you shall from time to time receive from me, or other your superior Officers, according to Military Rules and Discipline, pursuant to the trust reposed in you, for which this shall be your sufficient Warrant. Given under my Hand and Seal this first Day of June Anno. Domini, 1750 —
Elisha Sheldon Col. 2 nd Regt. Light Dragoons.

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The
Honorable John C. Calhoun, Secretary of the Department of War
Washington

I Purvis Edwards District Judge of the District of Connecticut, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Lemuel Glover who made & subscribed the declaration contained in the annexed Schedule did serve in the Revolutionary War against the com- mon Enemy as stated in his said declaration & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me in his case to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to an Act of Congress in such case made & provided said proceedings & testimony are contained in the annexed Schedule May 20 th 1818
Purvis Edwards

Lemuel Glover, Sergeant, Col o . Sheldon's regim t . dragoons, 31 st March, 1818.
Admitted on Roll
Pierpont Edwards, Esq., Judge, Bridgeport, Fairfield Co. Connecticut. Rec d . 27. May, 1818.

Litchfield Conn t Ap d 15 th 1818
This certifies that Lemuel Glover enlisted into the 2 d Reg t of H t Dragoons, commanded by Col o Elisha Sheldon, on the Continental Es- tablishment , to serve during the revolutionary war, in the capacity of a corporal in the year 1779 that on the 1 st of June 1780 he was appointed a Sergeant in said Regiment, in which capacity he served until the close of the Revolutionary war, when he was honorably discharged.
Extracted from my Regimental Book now before me By J. Allmedge late Major 2 d Reg t L. D.

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State of Connecticut, ss.
I DAVID BURR, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in the said State, do hereby certify that the foregoing cash and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule of Edmund Glover is thirty one Dollars seventy nine cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Fairfield, this 19 - day of July 1820.
David Burr
Clerk of the County Court for said County of Fairfield.
District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield July 19. 1820
I ROBERT FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in said State, do certify that DAVID BURR, Esq. is the Clerk of said Court, duly appointed and sworn; and that the said Court is a Court of record, made so by the statute laws of said State; that it proceeds according to the course of the common law, has a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, with the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeps a record of its proceedings.
Robert Fairchild
Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield.